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Homeward Bound
I leave Playa today. It has been a remarkable experience. The environment has opened up a creative vein, the people have stimulated, inspired, and nourished. As a writer, I have been more productive...
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Bad Math
There’s a saying I’m fond of: Don’t do the math. What math? The bad math that tells you how much time and money you spend on your art in relation to how much money you earn from your art. The math that...
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Off to VCCA
I’m off to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. I’ve been there twice before and it’s always been good to me. Why am I going this time? To write. I’ve been working on the film all summer and...
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Sweet Briar College – Guest Artist, The Guy Making A Life’s Work
I did my stint as guest artist at Sweet Briar College and I’m happy to report that it went very well. After consulting with the teacher, Paige Critcher, we decided it might be more beneficial if I...
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Why Artist Residencies
Here’s a post from the early days of the blog, December 2009. It was written at VCCA, where I am right now, though I am typing this in C2, a composer studio, and not in the corn crib. I think it’s as...
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March in Wyoming – Thank You, Ucross!
For the month of March, my home computer monitor will look like this — — that is, off, because I’ll be at the Ucross Foundation artist residency in Wyoming. “What Is It with You and Artist...
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Ucross – Slideshow
I’m leaving Ucross today and preparing for a bumpy re-entry. They always are. Here are some photos taken during my residency. Hope you like them. A bridge I played guitar on. Picnic table covered in...
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Noodling, or How I Spent My Month at Ucross
I’ll be honest, I wasn’t thrilled with my productivity at Ucross. This had nothing to do with Ucross, they provided an atmosphere that nurtured creativity and productivity. It was the headspace I...
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Bitter? Who Me?
I think often of something Jill Tarter, ex-Director, Center for SETI Research, said when I asked her about working on a project she might not see “completed” in her lifetime: I’m not going to be...
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New Writing: 12-Bar Blues in Pilgrimage
You’ll find a short story I wrote, 12-Bar Blues, in this fine publication. I’m very pleased to announce that one of my short stories, 12-Bar Blues, has been published by Pilgrimage. Right now, it’s...
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